Home made tools, equipment

Does this count?

Simple.

Built a carport with the intent to be able to lift and move stuff.

Roller came from Nigel Alpina99

Works wonders.

Tools don't have to be fancy to get the job done, although a lathe and welder are a big help!

Hub extractor for changing Omega rear wheel bearings:



Made out of Scrapbinium^Tm and snotted together on the car, so no precision was wasted. Works a treat, and has done at least five different cars.

I also made a jig for repairing the diff mounts, which have been NLA for years:





And a tool for undoing the propeller on a Stinson:

Here's a couple I'm proud of, a trolly for my welder and a fixture table designed, drawn in cad, and welded up by me.

Looks good, it doesn't matter what tools or equipment is made off, its all about giving other people ideas ect.

Work bench looks nice and strong 💪

Been fiddling with a big old bandsaw I’ve had for years. It is/was a meat saw and was way too fast to cut steel. Just burnt the teeth of the blade.
So I had to gear it down ( a lot ) to make it work on steel. That involved a lot of work with aluminium.
Made one large pulley ( about 320mm ) by cutting a circle and a strip from 5mm plate.












Roll the strip to the diameter of the circle.








Cast several blanks to make hub and other, smaller pulleys.








Weld a hub to the plate circle and true it up in the lathe.













Weld rolled strip to outside and turn to form a vee groove. Weld is extremely ugly mainly because of lack of ability. Also right at the limit of my welder capacity.

Also in the photo is one of the small pulleys made from the previous castings.









Used an old bike wheel as a pulley. Filled the bead well with epoxy.









All the brackets bolted into place.







The whole contraption.







And the saw









Bought a roll of bimetal sawblade and made up a few - tig welded. Works a treat.

Not really a home made tool but a useful tip. I had a socket holder that was magnetic. I cut the back of it and the magnet now holds my angle grinder spanners some chuck keys ect.

Some good tools and workshop ideas.

I have made a bit more progress on my Tig welding rod storage idea. I have now cut the pipes down by 8". The 8" part has an end cap glued on to it.

I machined 1 end of a straight connector so the 8" part slipped in and out with out much effort. I then glued the straight connector on to the longer pipe.

I hope this makes sense. Just need to get some more straight connectors to finish the other pipes.